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Madison blotter

Posted: Friday, September 16, 2011

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The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:

HARASSMENT: On Sept. 5, a Danielsville couple complained that the woman’s ex-boyfriend has been sending both of them unwanted text messages and telephone calls. Sgt. Klint Segars visited the man and advised him against contacting the couple and he agreed to stop.

ASSAULT: On Sept. 5, a resident of J. Davis Road, Danielsville, reported he was in his driveway when an unknown person came up behind him. When the resident turned toward the man, he was punched in the face. The man said he scuffled with the assailant, who ran away escaping across a field behind his house. The victim said he tried to chase the man.

BREAK-IN: On Sept. 5, a man discovered that someone had burglarized his neighbor’s home on U.S. Highway 29, while the neighbors were out of town. A door had been forced open and a lock on the attic door was cut. The intruder went through drawers and pulled cushions off furniture. Deputy Chris Guest called the owner and informed him of the damage.

BURGLARY: ON Sept. 5, Sgt. Jeff Vaughn was dispatched to Nowhere Road, where a man said he left town on Aug. 23 and returned this day to find someone had entered his home, although there was no sign of a forced entry.

The man suspects an ex-girlfriend, who was seen in the vicinity about two weeks ago.

SEX POSTING: On Sept. 6, a Bedford Drive woman reported she began receiving strange text messages in regards to a posting on Craigslist. She checked the website and found her telephone number posted along with a sexually explicit message.

STEAKS STOLEN: On Sept. 6, Deputy Brandon Moss was dispatched to Ingles in Hull, where an employee said a man had stolen about $100 in steaks. The man is a customer and his name was provided to Deputy Brandon Moss.

PIPE CUT: On Sept. 6, Deputy Brandon Moss was dispatched to a home on Elm Road, where a woman said she discovered she had no water in the house and upon checking the well, she found a pipe had been cut. Moss determined someone tried to remove the pump.

WOMAN SCAMMED: On Sept. 6, Deputy Chris Guest met with a Carlton woman, who had been scammed out of money after she fell for fraudulent sweepstakes scheme. The woman said two men called her, one saying she had won $900 and the other $2,500. They sent her checks with directions to deposit the checks in her bank, then return part of the money to them on a Green Dot Money Card. The woman returned $1,100 to the men and then learned the checks she deposited were fraudulent.

MEAT STOLEN: On Sept. 6, Deputy Michael Moore was dispatched to a home in Hull, where a woman said she went to her freezer and found four T-bone steaks, 12 pork chops and a pack of chicken were missing.

COMPUTER TAKEN: On Sept. 6, Deputy Bradley Free was dispatched to Allen Road, where a woman said a laptop computer, two rings and a bracelet were stolen. She believes her ex-boyfriend took the items and pawned them.

SCAMMER CALLS: On Sept. 7, Capt. Rex Matthews met with a Danielsville woman at the sheriff’s office who said about 10 a.m. a person called claiming to be her granddaughter. The caller said she had been in a accident while attending a wedding in Italy and needed $4,000 to pay for bills. The woman told the caller she would see what she could do, then called her granddaughter and learned the call was a scam.

SUSPENDED LICENSE: On Sept. 7, deputies were working a license checkpoint on Sunset Drive in Danielsville, where Autumn R. Justice, 18, of Sherwood Circle, was charged with driving while her license was suspended.

BIKE STOLEN: On Sept. 8, Deputy Brandon Haley went to Sewell Mill Road, where he met with a man who said that while he was incarcerated in Clarke County, someone stole his dirt bike parked behind his residence. He had no suspects in mind.

DUI: On Sept. 8, Deputy Brandon Hanley was patrolling on U.S. Highway 29 in Hull when he saw a Ford pickup exit the Golden Pantry at a high rate of speed. The truck went onto Georgia Highway 106 and passed a truck hauling chickens in a no passing zone and double yellow line. The pickup was stopped and the driver, Terry P. Cadwell, explained he had been in Athens shooting pool. Cadwell said he only had a couple of beers. However, after Cadwell, 23, of Commerce was given a sobriety test, he was charged with DUI and improper passing.

SUSPENDED LICENSE: On Sept. 8, Sgt. Gary Floyd was dispatched to a domestic dispute on Blacks Creek Church Road. He left this location and went to Amberly Drive, Hull, where he stopped a car driven by Damon L. Hewell, 29, of Amberly Drive. Hewell was charged with driving while his license was suspended. He was also charged with simple battery in connection with the domestic incident.

GUN FRAUD: On Sept. 8, Lt. Jimmy Patton and ATF Agent Peter Beck went to Danielsville Pawn Shop, where a man had sold numerous firearms since April. An ATF investigation showed that Gregory P. Phillips, 51, had purchased firearms with bad checks at numerous dealers in Georgia and then pawned or sold the guns. The charge alleged he knew he had illegally obtained the guns. Nine handguns were seized at the shop.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: On Sept. 8, Deputy Alan Stratton was dispatched to Diamond Hill Mobile Home Park on U.S. Highway 29, where a man said one of his neighbors, Nicholas B. Thompson, came to his home and threatened to kick his rear end. The complainant said Thompson called him a snitch. Stratton located Thompson, who said the complainant became angry when he asked him if he had snitched on a crime in which they were both charged as suspects. Thompson became angry, called the complainant a derogatory name, and when Stratton told him to stop, he clinched his fists toward the deputy. Thompson, 19, was then arrested. A check showed that Thompson was also wanted in Harris County, Texas.

MAN UPSET: On Sept. 8, a deputy was dispatched to a home outside Danielsville, where a young man, who had suffered sexual abuse as a juvenile, said his stepfather posted information about this abuse on Facebook. The stepson confronted the man and they engaged in a pushing match, which turned into a fight. No charges have been filed.

MAN TASED: On Sept. 9, Deputy Josh Fowler was dispatched to Norwood Lane for a noise complaint. As he approached the area, he saw two men in the road and one dropped a can of Natural Light beer. Fowler stopped both men. Eric M. Smith, 19, denied drinking and refused to do an alcohol test, even though he smelled of alcohol. However, upon learning he would be charged with underage consumption, he attempted to run. During the ensuing struggle, Smith was tased and placed in custody. He also was charged with obstruction, battery and being a pedestrian under the influence.

DISTURBANCE: On Sept. 9, Cpl. Jason Luke and Deputy Brandon Hanley were dispatched to Adams Clarke Road, where a man said his former landlord had hit him in the head with the barrel of a shotgun and threatened to kill him. The deputies went to the offender’s home and found him sitting outside smoking a cigarette. The complainants said they had been evicted from the house and were removing their property, when the landlord accused them of taking items they didn’t own. The complainant said he didn’t want to prosecute the 65-year-old man, but wanted to get the rest of his property and leave.

TEACHER ASSAULTED: On Sept. 9, Sgt. Mark Jerome went to Madison County High School, where a teacher was trying to break up a fight in the bus area, when one of the students grabbed his hand and cursed him. Richardo P. Garduno, 17, of Russell Drive, Comer, was charged with battery on a school teacher.

STOLEN MEDICATION: On Sept. 10, a resident of Mathis Road reported the theft of her medication. She thinks a friend, who had visited earlier, took the pills.

MAILBOX DAMAGED: On Sept. 10, Sgt. Jeff Vaughn was dispatched to a home on Reggie Ingram Road, where someone had hit a mailbox with an object and wrote obscene words on the box with a white substance. She did not know anyone who might be upset with her.

SHOPLIFTING: On Sept. 10, Sgt. Jeff Vaughn was dispatched to the Bread Basket in Colbert, where two women were detained for shoplifting nine packs of rib eye steaks. They purchased one pack of pork chops, then tried to leave with the steaks concealed in purses.

Holly A. Hansford, 43, of Colbert and Paige Y. Nalley, 36, of Hull were both arrested.

GATES STOLEN: On Sept. 10, a resident of Old Church Road reported someone stole two metal gates, then sold them to a salvage yard in Hull. A suspect, with a drug problem, was named.

ROCK THROWN: On Sept. 10, Deputy William Elrod met with a woman on Georgia Highway 106 in Neese community, who said a person threw a rock at her Ford Explorer as she traveled on the highway. The woman was also injured in the face and she said the same man had hit her. Elrod searched for the 39-year-old suspect, but could not locate him.

SAW STOLEN: On Sept. 11, a resident of Hickory Hills Road reported someone stole a pressure washer and saw from a storage building and a table saw off his front porch.

DUI: On Sept. 11, Deputy Brandon Moss was dispatched to check on a pickup parked on the side of Sanford Nicholson Road with a driver who appeared to be passed out. The deputy found the truck with its headlights on and engine running. Two more deputies responded and several open cans of Bud Light were seen in the vehicle. The deputies made several attempts to wake the driver and upon opening his eyes, he said, “Oh s---, it’s the cops.” The driver, Matthew R. Snow, told the deputies he was in Monroe, but when informed where he was, questioned how he got there. Snow, 25, of Milledgeville, was charged with DUI and having an open container.